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TNT Theater in London is reviving its highly acclaimed version of Shakespeare’s darkest and most exciting tragedy. “Macbeth” is scheduled to be performed in town Dec. 9.

“Macbeth” was director Paul Stebbing’s first major Shakespeare production. Its success generated a cycle of productions by TNT of England’s greatest playwright, which have received international acclaim and several awards.

This is a full-blooded production that is not afraid to unleash the power of Shakespeare’s dark masterpiece. The witches are identified as the source of the dramatic energy of the play. They are shamans, wild forest spirits and they are neither men nor women. They inhabit the entire world of the play. Macbeth himself is a warrior, not a thinker, a man of courage whose bravery is corrupted by unthinking ambition. His wife is also a type of witch, this is a Lady Macbeth who calls down the spirits to “unsex her here” but is possessed and destroyed by the demons she thinks to command. In contrast the Porter scene is a comic and acrobatic dance that is (unusually) genuinely funny. The production includes an atmospheric and dense musical score, powerful choreography and striking visual imagery.